Tag: schools
Scottish man to run half marathon, skydive, and shave head for bullied LGBTI youth
... all in one day
Talk about going the distance. Joe McGurk, an assistant for a Glasgow MSP, is standing up to LGBTI school bullying in a big way.
McGurk, 22, will participate in a half marathon, skydive, and shave his head, as part of a fundraising effort. All in one day. He’s working with the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign.
Jordan Daly and Liam Stevenson founded TIE in 2015 with an aim to address issues of LGBTI inclusiveness within the...
Federal court rules students have right to form gay-straight alliance club
LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that students at a Florida middle school have the right to form a gay-straight alliance club.
The decision Tuesday by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came after the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida appealed a previous judge’s decision that school officials could deny the club recognition. The court’s reversal opinion found the club should have equal access to use school facilities as other extra-curricular clubs.
The case...
‘My family have been sent hate mail, but i won’t stop trying to end...
Tim Ramsey founded LGBT charity Just Like Us to help provide to the support he never got at school.
My Dad left me a voicemail. He never leaves me voicemails.
“Nothing to worry about, but could you just give me a ring.”
Instantly worried, I stopped training our volunteers to call home.
Dad answered: “I wanted to speak before mum gets home. I opened an anonymous letter threatening to take you and us to court because the charity is operating illegally.”
I felt sick....
California becomes first US state to teach LGBT history in schools
Education State Officials in California have voted for LGBT history to be taught in schools.
According to the LA Times, the state’s Board of Education voted unanimously on teaching children in schools “a study of the role of contributions” from “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans”.
LGBT content will be part of the inclusive material taught in some elementary, middle and high schools in California, making it the first US state to teach the community’s history in education.
Students will learn about...
Refusing to learn about homosexuality – no longer an option
Sexual education in schools has always been a hot topic and parents have been divided over the matter. Some say that kids should be kept away from this subject, other believe that it will help them later on. The subject is still debatable and, until now, it is settled that parents can choose whether their child participates in sexual education classes or not. The main factor that influences such decisions are religious in nature and many families believe that...
